Pollution
Humain
Environnement
Economique

On a day of intense heat, fire broke out around 2 pm on heavy brush at the outer periphery of a wooden pencil factory. Fanned by wind, the flames spread to a wood chip storage cell and production building where 3 varnishing lines and 100sq.m of roof were damaged. Employees were evacuated and the power supply to the site cut. Three workers contained the blaze inside the building using extinguishers while awaiting fire-fighters, who deployed 4 nozzles to control the incident within 1 hour. Subsequent to this fire, 11 employees were made redundant. The Classified Facilities Inspectorate requested a detailed accident report from the operator. The facility’s periphery was cleared of all brush.